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Companies urged to focus on staff wellbeing  

An office coffee machine could be the ideal purchase for businesses after experts said many are neglecting the wellbeing of their staff.


According to Sun Life Financial, lots of companies do currently have various "wellness initiatives" in place.


However, the firm said others are falling short and have no "strategic plan" to boost the welfare of their workforce.


Sun Life Financial accepted that employers do understand how important these issues are, but said factors such as limited financial resources are stopping them from taking positive action.

 

The group also noted that the fact the results of wellbeing programmes cannot be quantified is also seen as an obstacle for employers.


Nevertheless, small steps such as investing in an office coffee machine could be one good way to improve workplace morale and create a happier and more productive environment.

 

This comes after research by Officebroker.com found that more than half of all workers would be happy to do away with some of their company's green policies instead of lose their hot drinks provider.